Health officials have confirmed six
additional cases of variant influenza A, bringing the total case number
to 11 statewide. All cases have been linked to swine. The Indiana State
Department of Health and local health departments continue to
investigate potential new cases. The additional cases were
identified in Tipton, Jennings and LaPorte counties. Jackson County has
also experienced four cases.

The above comments from an ISDH
press release note confirmed cases in two new counties (Tipton and
Jennings) and increase the number of cases in Jackson to four or five,
confirming the expected explosion
of cases in Jackson. These new cases once again confirm
Indiana as the epicenter of the H3N2v outbreak, with a significant
concentration in Jackson County, where symptomatic cases have been
noted for six weeks.